The Many Kinds Of Microphones Then And Now

Microphones are used for transmitting sound. For this, they are one of the essential elements for a successful presentation. Whether you are an event presenter or an emcee (MC) or a keynote speaker, you will definitely need a microphone to reach out to and be heard by your audience as clearly as possible. There are many kinds of microphones aside from the dynamic and condenser mics we know today.

Did you know that microphones were originally invented for the use in the earliest form of the telephone? Such microphone has been invented by Emile Berliner in 1876. Then, twelve years later, David Edward Hughes invented the carbon microphone which has been developed during the 1920s and still being used in certain niche applications in the modern days due to its wide compatibility with existing equipment.

As broadcast radio became popular, so does the invention of broadcasting microphones. The ribbon microphones that were invented in 1942 for radio broadcasting are, in fact, making a huge comeback among performers and professionals in the recording industry. Many of its users are sharing how such kind of microphone has moved the art of recording into a whole new level. Ribbon mics, as they are also called, are increasing and becoming more affordable. 

Another kind of microphone that has revolutionized the industry is the invention of electret microphones in 1964 by James West and Gerhard Sessler from the Bell Laboratories. Such microphones offered greater reliability, better precision, affordability, and a much handier size.

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